Sad-iron.



N0. 705,573.' Patented July 29, |902.

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SAD IRUN.

\A.pplicatio'n filed Dec. 4, 1901.)

` (No Model.)

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UNITED STATE-s PATENT FFICE.

GEORGE FINN, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

SAD-IRON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters IEatent No. 705,573, dated July 2 9, 1902. Application filed December 4,1901. Serial No. 84,602. (No model.)

' new and improved self heating sadiron iently applied to andremoved from the bodyv pointed at both ends and capable of convenient use.

A `further object of the invention is to provide a self-heating sad-iron in which the maximum efliciency may be attained from the combustible material therein.

A further objectof the invention is to produce a self-heating sad-iron having a top,

plate or cover capable of being very convenof the iron and of being secured in place by means which are effective, simple, and capable of convenient use.

The invention will be fully understood from the detailed description hereinafter presented, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a top view of a sad-iron con-` structed in accordance with and embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of same on the dotted line 2 2 of Fig. 1, and Fig.

3 is a vertical transverse sectionof same on the dotted line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

In the drawings, 10 designates the body ofr the sad-iron, 11 the top plate thereof, and 12j the handle, secured to said topplate 11.

The body 10 of the sad-iron is hollow to receive the `combustible materialand is elliptical inhorizontalsection, being pointed at both ends, as illustrated, whereby either end may be used'as the forward end ofthe iron in ironing, said ends corresponding exactly with one another. In the opposite sides of the body 10 are draft-apertures13, which open into the interior of the body 10 below the downwardly and inwardly converging flanges 1l, constituting a part of the said body 10 and which are elongated, as shown in Fig. 2, and correspond with oneanother. The draft-apertures 13 are preferably elongated, as defined in Fig. 2, and upon the opposite sides of the body 10 are provided the pivoted gates 34, adapted when in their lower position to close the draft-apertures 13. The gates 34 close the apertures 13 when turned downward in the position in which they are illustrated in Fig. 3, and the said gates 31 may be turned upward, when desired, so as to fully or more or `less expose the apertures 13 for the passage of the air therethrough. The flanges 14 aord convenient air-spaces and prevent the charcoalor other combustible material from passing to and possiblyescaping through the apertures 13. The flan ges 14 also centralize the charcoal or other combustible material within the body 10 and aid in enabling the combustible material to maintain a uniform temperature throughout said body 10. b

The upper edges of "the body 10 present uniform horizontal surfaces except at the oppositesides of said body, where standards 15 are formed, being cast integral with the body 10 to receive the pivoted eccentrics 16, having operating-handles 17, said eccentrics being disposed at the inner vertical sides of said standards 15 in position to be utilized in locking the cover 11 upon the body 10. The standards 15 extend upward above the cover 11, and at what may be termed their rear edges said standards are formed at'their base with the vertical shoulders 18, against which the cover 11 abuts and w-hich serve as convenient means for aiding in the application ofthe cover 11 to the body 10 and in securingsaid cover in rigid position.

' Thesad-iron while being of general elliptical outline in horizontal section 4is. iattened at the central portion of its opposite sides, so that thekstandards 15 may stand parallel with each other and that the gates 34 may lie close over the draft-apertures 13 and be capable of pivotallnovement without in any material degreebinding against the sides of theiron `or drawing away from the surfaces thereof. `Theilattened portion of the opposite sides of the iron extends from the bottom to the top of the body 10 and in width is substantially IOO equal to the length of the gates 34, the numerals 19 denoting in Fig. 1 those portions of the body 10 which are flattened.

The cover 11 is in one integral casting, and for convenience has cast with it the upwardly and outwardly extending end flues 2020 and standards 21 21, the latter extending upward at the inner vertical portions of the llues 2O and receiving between their upper ends the customary handle 12, the latter being secured by screws 22 and being equipped with the usual sheet-metal guard 23. The flues 20 2O communicate directly with the interior of the body 10, as shown in Fig.2, and the cover 1l is formed along the outer edges of its lower surfaces with the continuous downwardlyextending flange 24, adapted to fit within the upper edges of the body 10, as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3. At the oppositesides of the iron the flange 24 is at the extreme outer edge of the cover 11, said cover 11 at its opposite side edges being flattened to pass between the standards 15, cast with the body 10, this flattened portion of the coverl 11 being indicated in Fig. 1 by the numerals 25 25. Except at the flattened portions 25 of the cover 11 the edges of the latter extend outward beyond the continuons flange 24, so as to rest upon the upper edges of the body 10, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1 and by full lines in Fig. 2. At the rear edges of the ilattened portions 25 of the cover 11 are formed the shoulders 26, which when the cover 11 is in'position engage the shoulders 18, formed at the lower rear portions of the standards l5, as shown in Fig. 1.

The cover 11 carries the fines 20, standards 21, handle 12, and guard 23, and when the cover 1l is in position upon the body 10 its flange 2t will be disposed within the upper edges of said body and the eccentrics 16 will be utilized for locking the cover 11 in position, said eccentrics 16 being at such time in the position in which they are illustrated in the drawings. When it is desired to remove the cover 11 from the body 10, the operator will by means of the ylevers or handles 17 turn the eccentrics 16 upward from the upper surface of the cover 11, thus freeing said cover, and then by an endwise movement imparted to the cover 11 the latter may be moved rearwardly from between the standards 15 and from below the eccentrics 16 and levers or handles 17. "Vhen it is desired to replace the cover 11 upon the body 10, the eccentrics 16 will be allowed to remain in their inoperative position, that being the opposite position to that in which they are shown in the drawings, and the cover 11 will be moved endwise in a direction toward the front end of the iron below the eccentrics 16 and between the standards 15 until the shoulders 26 of said cover engage the shoulders 18 formed on said standards 15, the contact of said shoulders with each other arresting the cover 11 at the proper position over the body 10, and thereupon after the cover 11 has been conveniently seated upon the body 10 the eccentrics 16 will be turned to the position illustrated in Fig. 2 and caused thereby to securely lock said @over in position.

When the iron is in use, the gates 34 may be opened or closed at will and either end of the iron may be pointed frontward, although it is preferable that, as illustrated, that half of the iron possessing the shoulders 18 26 be considered the rear end of the iron. Since the iron is pointed at both ends, it will not be necessary to so frequently change the position of the iron from end to end during the operation of ironing, since a rearward motion of the iron will not result inl the unlocking of the cover 11 from the body 10.

I regard it as of importance that the draftapertnres 13 are at the opposite sides of the body 10, since in that position they materially aid in maintaining the iron at a uniform temperature with the maximum economy in the use of fuel. The draft-apertures 13, located at the opposite sides of the iron, operate with the flues 2O 20, disposed at both ends of the iron, in effecting proper combustion within the body 10.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The sad-iron comprising the hollow body adapted to receive combustible material, the detachable cover, and the handle, said body being pointed at both ends and having the rigidly-iixed interior downwardly-extending elongated side flanges 14, the draft-apertures and gates at its opposite sides in line with the air-spaces formed between the inner sides of said body and said flanges, and the ues 20, 20, extending upward from both ends of said body and being at opposite ends of said handle; substantially as set forth.

2. The sad-iron comprising the hollow body adapted to receive combustible material, the detachable cover, and the handle, said body having integral therewith the rigid interior downwardly-extending elongated side flanges 14, the draft-apertures at its opposite sides in line with the air-spaces formed between the inner sides of said body and said flanges, the exterior gates 34 applied upon the opposite sides of the iron for controlling the said draftapertures, and the upwardly-extending flues 20, 20, at the opposite ends of said body and communicating with the hollow interior thereof, the said cover closing the upper end of said body except at said flues 20; substantially as set forth.

3. The sad-iron comprising the hollow body adapted to receive combustible material, said body having at its opposite sides thevertical standards 15 at whose rear edges, at their base, are formed the shoulders 18, combined with the eccentrics 16 pivotally secured to the inner vertical sides of said standards and having operating-handles 17, and the removable cover, for said body, carrying the han- IOO IIO

dle and having at its opposite side edges shoulders 26, to contactwith the said shoulders 18, said cover with the handle thereon being adapted to be moved to position lengthwise of said body and below said eccentrics 16 nntil said shoulders 26 contact with and are arrested by said shoulders 18; whereupon said cover may be locked in position by means of said eccentrics; substantially as set forth. i

4. The sad-iron comprising the hollow body adapted to receive combustible material and having integral therewith the rigid interior downwardly-extending elongated side flanges 14, the draft-apertu res at its opposite sides in line with the air-spaces formed between the inner sides of said body and said flanges, the exterior gates upon the opposite sides of said body for controlling said draft-apertures, the Vertical standards l5 extending upward from the opposite sides of said body and having at their rear edges the shoulders 18, and the eccentrics 16 pivotally secured upon the inner vertical faces of said standards and having the operating-handles 17, combined with the cover 1l adapted to fit upon the upper end of said ,body and having at its opposite ends the-upwardly and outwardly extending lues 20 and standards 21, the handle 12 secured between said standards, and the shoulders 26 formed on the opposite side edges of said cover for engagement with the said shoulders 18, the saidstandards being integral with the said lues 2O and the said cover b'eing adapted to pass lengthwise of said body to its proper position below said eccentrics until arrested by the contact of said shoulders 26 with said shoulders 1S, whereupon the saidcover may be secured in position by means of said eccentrics; substantially as set forth.

5. The sad-iron comprising the body having the standards 15, eccentrics 16, and side draft apertures and gates, said body being pointed at both ends and of dat formation at its opposite sides from its base to the top of said standards, whereby said standards become parallel with each other and said gates may lie close to the sides of the iron, combined with the removable cover carrying the handle and adapted to fit upon said body between said standards and below said eccentrics, said cover at its opposite edges adjacent to said standards being also of Hat formation; substantially as set forth.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 3d day of December, A. D. 1901.

GEORGE FINN. Witnesses: CHAs. C. GIL'L,

p ARTHUR MARION. 

